TED Speakers
Thinkers, doers, idea-generators. These are the speakers who have delivered a talk featured on TED.com, whether at an official TED conference, at one of thousands of independently organized TEDx events, or on another stage altogether.
Niels van Namen
Health care futurist
Peter van Uhm
General
J.D. Vance
Author
Jim VandeHei
Cofounder of Axios
Laura Vanderkam
Author
Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Bee expert
Yossi Vardi
Investor
Jose Antonio Vargas
Immigrant rights advocate, founder of Define American
Anand Varma
Photographer
Yanis Varoufakis
Economist and professor
Boyd Varty
Environmental and literacy activist
Naná Vasconcelos
Music icon
Gayathri Vasudevan
Social entrepreneur
Gary Vaynerchuk
Entrepreneur
Nick Veasey
X-ray visionary
Shankar Vedantam
Journalist, podcast host
Mariam Veiszadeh
Lawyer, CEO and Founder
James Veitch
Comedian, writer
Mike Velings
Entrepreneur and conservationist
Jane Velkovski
Accessibility champion
Aris Venetikidis
Mapmaker
Anthony Veneziale
Cofounder, Freestyle+
Bina Venkataraman
Journalist, author
Vinay Venkatraman
Designer
Craig Venter
Biologist, genetics pioneer
Abraham Verghese
Physician and author
Angelo Vermeulen
Space researcher, biologist, artist
Al Vernacchio
Sexuality educator
Eva Vertes
Neuroscience and cancer researcher
Victor Vescovo
Undersea explorer, investor
